Dispensing device



G. T. LYONS DISPENSING DEVICE May 3,1927. 1,626,943

Filed May 21. 1926 l I I 22 4 522 EIG.|

INVENTORA G. 12 LYO N 5 A TTOR NE Y.

Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES .eonnon THO AS LYONS, or

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

Application filed May 21,

My invention relates to dispensing devices, and more particularly to such devices that are adapted to dispense'matches, toothpicks and the like, an additional receptacle or container, when said device is used to dispense matches, being adapted to be positioned in the top of the match box, and ,removably positioned therein, said receptacle or container being adapted to house the burned matches, said invention comprising an improvement on the device disclosed in my co-pending application for a dispensing device, Serial 14,675, filedJu'ly 20, 1925. It is accordingly an object of my invention to provide a novel form of dispensing device, preferably stamped out of sheet ma-' terial, such as cardboard, aluminum, tin or the like, which device has associated therewith a container or receptacle for burned matches, when the device is used to dispense matches, the entire device being fashioned in one operation, said device having also associated therewith'an upstanding tongue and a pair of projections, preferably beveled,

F both of which are adapted to form a guiding and supporting means for the container housing the material to be dispensed.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a novel form of dispensing device which is very simple in character, one easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will thoroughly and reliably effect the objects intended.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will become more apparent as the description thereof proceeds.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in Whichsimilar reference characters denote similar parts. In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the blank out of which my improved device is adapted to be fashioned,

Fig. 2 isa perspective view on a smaller scale of the device assembled, but with the container housing the material to be dispensed, omit-ted,

Fig. 3 is similar view of the receptacle or container for the burned matches adapted to be positioned within the match box, when the device is used to dispense matches, and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the device assembled, supporting a matchbox and the receptacle or container depicted in Fig. 3, said device permitting automatic feeding.

Describing my invention more in detail,

1926. Serial No. 110,795.

my improved dispensing device is adapted to be formed out of a single piece or strlp of sheet material, such as tin, brass, cardboard,

aluminum or the like, which blank comprises a pair of body portions 2 and 4, adapted to form the bottoms of the delivery portion 6 and that of the receptacle or container 8. Said blank also has the body portion 2 equipped with a pair of extensions 10, forming the sides of the device depicted in Fig. 2, said extensions being also provided with a pair of projections 12, preferably beveled shown, a tongue 14 extending from the body portion 2 to form a supporting and guiding means for the match box or container 16, shown in Fig. 4. The part 18 forms one end of the device shown in Fig. 2.

Integral with the part 18, and the body portion 4, is an extension 20,adapted to form one end of the receptacle or container 8 for the burned matches, shown more par-.

ticularly in Fig. 3, and a pair of side extensions 22 also project from the body portion 4 to form the sides of said receptacle or container. The part 24 forms the other end thereof. The dotted lines 26 and 28 indicate the lips or ledges of the container 8, which lips or ledges function to prevent said container from falling within the match box 16. j I

If desired, the tongue 14may be equipped with any preferred means whereby it may be supported on a wall or other place, rather than on the kitchen stove or other convenient position. It requires but one stamping operation to form the entire assembly, thus producing a device at a remarkably low cost, and a device perfectly adapted for its purpose.

vIn use, the cover of the match box 16 is pushed open slightly, and the opened portion slipped over the tongue 14 and the projections 12, the contents spilling into the delivery portion 6, after which the container 8 is positioned in the top of match box 16,

forming a convenient and handy receptacle I claim as my invention:

1. In a match box holder, in combination, a relatively shallow delivery portion, a relatively long suspending tongue associated with said shallow portion, a pair of upstanding guide projections associated with two sides of said shallow portion, said tongue and said projections being adapted to guide and support said match box, and a container for burned matches at all times removably positioned within one end of said match box.

,2. The combination with a match box equipped with a slidable cover, of a holder comprising an upstanding tongue, a delivery portion, beveled guide projections associated with said delivery portion, said tongue and said projections being adapted to guide and support said match box as said box is pushed down thereon to deed the matches to said delivery portion, and a re movable burned match container associated with the upper space 01 said match box.

'3. In a dispensing device, in coi'nbination, a horizontal container, a second container, a support for said second container associated with said horizontal container, a set of second container guides associated with said horizontal container for facilitating the reception of said second container on said support, a second container, distinct and separate from said horizontal container adapted to be positioned on said support and have its contents spilled into said horizontal container, and a third container, distinctand separate from each of said containers and adapted to be removably positioned within the cover of said second container.

4. In a combined match dispensing device and receptacle-for burned matches, a rectangular horizontal container, an upstanding elongated tongue guide associated with the rear part of said container, a pair of additional guides associated with the sides of said container, said guides functioning to guide the slidable cover of a match box, said match box being adapted to be positioned with one end on the bottom of said horizontal container and with its cover closely engaging and guided by said guides, the sides of said container functioning as stops tor-said cover, and a burned match receptacle, at all times removably associated with said cover and resting on said match box.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GORDON THOMAS LYONS. 

